Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Gilt \Gilt\, n. [See {Geld}, v. t.] (Zo["o]l.)
A female pig, when young.
Gilt \Gilt\,
imp. & p. p. of {Gild}.
Gilt \Gilt\, p. p. & a.
Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden
yellow. ``Gilt hair'' --Chaucer.
Gilt \Gilt\, n.
1. Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of
a thing; gilding. --Shak.
2. Money. [Obs.] ``The gilt of France.'' --Shak.
Gild \Gild\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gilded} or {Gilt} (?); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Gilding}.] [AS. gyldan, from gold gold. [root]234.
See {Gold}.]
1. To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a
golden color; to cause to look like gold. ``Gilded
chariots.'' --Pope.
No more the rising sun shall gild the morn. --Pope.
2. To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten.
Let oft good humor, mild and gay, Gild the calm
evening of your day. --Trumbull.
3. To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to
embellish; as, to gild a lie. --Shak.
4. To make red with drinking. [Obs.]
This grand liquior that hath gilded them. --Shak.
Source : WordNet®
gilt
See {gild}
gild
n : a formal association of people with similar interests; "he
joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society";
"men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen
today" [syn: {club}, {society}, {guild}, {lodge}, {order}]
[also: {gilt}]
gild
v : decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold [syn:
{begild}, {engild}]
[also: {gilt}]
gilt
adj : having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long
aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet" [syn: {aureate},
{gilded}, {gold}, {golden}]
gilt
n : a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold [syn:
{gilding}]